The personality that completely submitted himself in front of Allah. The man who became khalil Allah (Allah ‘s friend). The prophet who is considered Father of three religions. You rightly guessed it. Its none other than Ibrahim (A.S)
For me Ibrahim (A.S) is not a pre Islamic Prophet. For me Ibrahim (A S) is one of those two individuals, I love most or I should put it like this, that I wish to love most in the world.
Ibrahim (A S) is an inspiration for the entire human race. The way he surrendered and submitted himself and everything he ever possessed to Allah’s will, is a paradigm of devotion and dedication.
Ibrahim (A S) is the man whose creator is proud of him and refer him as a friend.
Quran and bible are full of his examples. The man who trusted Allah swt so much so that he jumped in the fire and Allah swt ordered fire to cool down. “Qul Ya naaru koni bardanw wa salamun Aala Ibrahim”.
The man who was nearly 100 years of age when he was blessed with a son after much patience and prayers. And then he left him and his mother in a barren desert with no resources of life and no signs of human or animal existence on Allah’s orders. Who could have courage to do this other than Ibrahim (A S) ?
Every year we celebrate Eid ul Azaa and sacrifice animals to please Allah. It has become ritual and a mechanical process for us. Do we even once think about that Old man named Ibrahim (A S) who nearly sacrificed his only child to reassure Allah that he loves Allah swt more than anything and everything. Allah was just testing him, and with Allah ‘s Mercy Ismael (A S) was saved. But that old man in his intention sacrificed his only son to please Allah. Only he could have done it. While sacrificing goats every year, do we even once think about his state of mind? His love for the creator and his devotion and submission? After celebrating eid and enjoying meal, do we think about our relationship with the creator of heavens and earth? We muslims promise our creator that now we are only sacrificing goats but when needed we will sacrifice our lives and our family for God as prophet Ibrahim did. Do we even know this?
Prophet Ibrahim’s (A S) devotion, submission and sacrifices were answered by Allah swt by making him HIS friend. Allah swt rewarded him with the title of khalil Allah. He became father of all the three divine religions. Today in this modern world Judaism, Christianity and Islam are known as Abrahimic religions. All the prophets (mentioned in Quran) that followed Prophet Ibrahim (A S) were from his lineage. He had two sons Ishmael and Isaac. All the Prophets except our beloved Prophet Muhammad pbuh were from Isaac (A S) Only Prophet Muhammad pbuh is from Ishmael (A S). Allah swt honoured Ibrahim (A S) and his children by giving them prophethood.
Prophet Ibrahim (A S) is not only a model for us. He is portrayed as a perfect example for our prophet in quran by Allah swt. Our beloved prophet Muhamnad pbuh was so much inspired by khalil Allah that he named his son Ibrahim.
Allah describes Ibrahim (A S) as He was “Hanifan Musliman,” meaning he was a “Righteous Muslim.”
He was a focused, devoted, intelligent man.
These two names sound to me the most melodious and beautiful. Muhammad and Ibrahim. I think because my heart has a connection with these two prophets.
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